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Directors
Graduate Students
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Abby SeamsterBioI am a current medical student and DO/MPH candidate at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine-UNTHSC. I received my undergraduate degree from Trinity University with a B.S. in neuroscience and psychology. Prior to graduate school, I worked as a medical scribe in the emergency department and psychiatric in-patient settings. My research interests include substance use behavior intervention and prevention, health disparities and substance use, and community-based outreach. More specifically, I am interested in pursuing ways in which prevention and intervention strategies can be optimized to de-stigmatize substance use in the clinical setting to foster positive recovery and treatment experiences for patients. |
Staff
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Raul Resendiz GonzalezBioI am a Research Assistant in Dr. Melissa Lewis’ and Dr. Dana Litt’s Studying Alcohol and Related Risks (STARR) Research Lab. I moved to Fort Worth from Mexico City in 2013 to pursue a college education and I obtained my B.S. in Psychology from Texas Wesleyan University. During my last year as an undergraduate student, I worked under the mentorship of Dr. Jay Brown on two research projects related to self-control. My research focused on measures of temporal discounting, a cognitive proxy for self-control, as related to measures of social discounting, probability discounting, and the cultural variables of individualism and collectivism. Post-graduation, I worked as a Research Assistant at 2M Research, a research firm dedicated to providing research services, program evaluation, and policy analysis to local and federal government agencies. |
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Travis WalkerBioI am a Research Assistant in Dr. Melissa Lewis’ and Dr. Dana Litt’s Studying Alcohol and Related Risks (STARR) Research Lab. While completing my BA in Psychology at Westmont College, I was involved in research examining the effectiveness of situational awareness training for teachers with misbehaving students. My senior research project focused on how a religious conceptual prime and different types of religiosity influence prosocial behavior (behavior meant to benefit members of one’s ingroup). Although the psychology of religion and morality are still of interest to me, my career goal is to become a clinical psychologist. After graduation, I interned at a substance abuse treatment facility in Wyoming, gaining experience in clinical and case management roles. When my internship ended, I joined the STARR lab in search of the research experience needed to continue in clinical psychology. |
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Emma KannardBioI am a Research Assistant in Dr. Melissa Lewis’ and Dr. Dana Litt’s Studying Alcohol and Related Risks (STARR) Research Lab. I received my B.A. in Psychology with minors in Counseling and Spanish from the University of North Texas. During my undergraduate studies I was a research assistant and recruitment coordinator for the Teen Stress and Alcohol Research (St.A.R.) Laboratory directed by Dr. Heidemarie Blumenthal, working on research pertaining to adolescent anxiety and substance use. Post-graduation I worked as a full time project coordinator for the Mood and Psychopathology Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. Camilo Ruggero where I oversaw a research grant pertaining to the HiTOP system. My research interests include the development and maintenance of anxiety disorders across the lifespan, as well as treatment outcomes in underrepresented and diverse individuals with intersecting identities. |
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